Twelfth session of the Conference of the Parties to the Climate Change
Convention and second meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol
United Nations Office at Nairobi, Gigiri, Kenya | 6-17 November 2006

On Thursday, COP/MOP reconvened to finalize its agenda and to consider
issues relating to the CDM, the Joint Implementation Supervisory
Committee, the Compliance Committee, a proposal from Belarus to amend
Annex B of the Protocol, and the Russian proposal on voluntary
commitments. In addition, contact groups and informal consultations took
place throughout the day on issues such as the Adaptation Fund, reducing
emissions from deforestation in developing countries, issues under the
AWG, and capacity building under both the UNFCCC and the Protocol.

President Kibwana reminded delegates that the COP/MOP had agreed
earlier in the week to continue working on the basis of its provisional
agenda, with the exception of an item on the Russian proposal.

José Domingos Gonzalez Miguez, Chair of the CDM Executive Board,
reported significant growth in the use of the CDM in the past year and a
significant increase expected in the Board's workload over the next
12 months.

Colombia, on behalf of several countries in the region, suggested that
the Executive Board had exceeded its mandate in relation to forestry
issues by incorporating new elements not agreed on by the COP/MOP.

Joint Implementation Supervisory Committee Chair Daniela Stoycheva,
Bulgaria, presented the JISC's first annual report, explaining that the JISC
is facing a US$2 million shortfall but could become self-financing by 2009.

Mohamed Salim Sorour Al-Sabban, Saudi Arabia, reported on the First
International Conference on the CDM, held this September in Riyadh.

Steve Sawyer, Greenpeace International, for the Climate Action Network,
urged a mandate to COP/MOP3 to conclude negotiations by COP/MOP4 and
noted that, notwithstanding historical and common but differentiated
responsibilities, non-Annex I countries will also need to cut emissions.

SBI Contact Group: Adaptation Fund

Co-chaired by Adrian Macey, New Zealand, and Philip Gwage, Uganda,
the contact group on the Adaptation Fund began consideration of the
Fund's overarching principles.

Having agreed on the need for a second workshop before SBSTA 26, the
contact group on reducing emissions from deforestation in developing
countries, chaired by Audun Rosland, New Zealand, and Hernán
Carlino, Argentina, focused on the scope of that workshop.

Kevin Conrad, Papua New Guinea, suggested the workshop focus on existing
as well as new proposals to address deforestation.

Jim Penman, United Kingdom, speaking for the EU, stressed the importance
of also addressing technical and methodological issues.

UNFCCC Press Briefing

UNFCCC Secretariat Head of Communications and Media John Hay, UNFCCC
Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer and José Domingos Gonzalez Miguez,
Chair of the CDM Executive Board, appeared at the daily press breifing.